.TH ELF_NEXTSCN 3 2025-06-30 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME
elf_nextscn - Return the next section in an ELF descriptor.

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libelf.h>

.BI "Elf_Scn *elf_nextscn(Elf *" elf ", Elf_Scn *" scn ");"
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR elf_nextscn ()
function returns a handle to the next section in the ELF object descriptor
.IR elf .
If
.I scn
is NULL, the first section (with index 1) is returned. Section index 0 is
reserved and skipped.

If
.I scn
is not NULL, the section immediately following it is returned. If there are
no further sections, NULL is returned.

.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.I elf
A pointer to an ELF descriptor.
.TP
.I scn
A section handle returned by
.BR elf_getscn (3),
or NULL to begin iteration.

.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a pointer to the next
.B Elf_Scn
structure in the section list, or NULL if there are no more sections or if
.I elf
is NULL.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR elf_getscn (3),
.BR elf_newscn (3),
.BR libelf (3),
.BR elf (5)

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR elf_nextscn ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.
